Brit Volden

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Brit Volden (born April 4, 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1987 Relay Wold Championship,[1] as well as a silver medal in 1979. She also obtained silver medals in the Individual World Championships in 1981 and 1985. She won the overall World Cup in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988.

Volden is married to orienteer Øyvin Thon. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8201 meters).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on December 9, 2007)
  2. ^ The Norwegian Cato Zahl Pedersen reached the top on Cho Oyu - Unarmed expedition 2005 (Retrieved on December 9, 2007)
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